How to save uploaded file in the server in Laravel

This is the second part (back-end part) of my file uploading in Angular tutorial.

In this post I will show you how to save uploaded file in the server in Laravel. Also, I will use REST full API to get request from Angular front-end (client) to Laravel 5.5 back-end. You can find the first part (front-end) of this tutorial from here. click

Also, If you want to learn how to create a fresh Laravel application, click here.

When you uploading a file, it is transmitted from your computer to remote computer (or server). Angular application will get the file and send it to the Laravel back-end using http POST request. So, In this tutorial you will,

.1. Get the file, access properties of that file and save it.

2. Then, Define route.

3. Finally, Check functionality

Get the file and access properties of that file.

Define route

Check functionality

Let’s start!

Get the file, access properties of that file and save it

First of all, we need to create a controller call, FileController. Run “php artisan make:controller File”. As a result, you can see new file controller in Controllers folder.

make the controller

Then, open the FileController and create the method call, saveFile. So, the FileConroller is as follows:

In this post I will show you how to save uploaded file in the server. Also, I will use REST full API to get request from Angular front-end (client) to Laravel 5.5 back-end. Angular application will get the file and send it to the Laravel back-end using http POST request.